Free wool workshops at the 13th Festival de Lana de Canarias, Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana, La Orotavaverified
The 13th Festival de Lana de Canarias runs free wool workshops from 9 to 13 November at the Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana in La Orotava: spinning, looms, felt, embroidery, crochet and knitting, mostly from 16:00 to 18:00. Registration is on the festival website from 26 October (8:00) to 2 November, with up to two workshops per person. Materials are included.
The Festival de Lana de Canarias, holding its 13th edition in La Orotava in 2026, devotes a week in November to completely free craft workshops, funded by the Cabildo de Tenerife. Specialists teach wool washing, carding and spinning, square looms, María looms, high-warp looms, wet and needle felting, punch needle, portrait embroidery, crochet, knitting and natural dyes. Each workshop takes 15 people and materials are included.
The workshops run from Monday 9 to Friday 13 November 2026, generally from 16:00 to 18:00 (some from 15:00 to 17:00 or 17:00 to 19:00), at the Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife, Calle Tomás Zerolo 34, with one at the Casa de la Juventud; no workshops are confirmed for Wednesday 11. Registration is only through the festival website, from 26 October at 8:00 to 2 November at 12:00, first come first served, with a maximum of two workshops per person; places are confirmed by email on 3 and 4 November. Programme subject to change.
